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Oak Bay News, 13 Nov 2009 - The International Hempology 101 Society hosts its seventh annual silent art auction this Sunday (Nov. 15) at 826 Johnson St. The auction coincides with the celebration of International Medical Marijuana Day. All bidding will close at 4:20 p.m., but the rally gets underway at noon at the Ministry of Health office on the corner of Pandora Avenue and Blanshard Street.

Whitehorse Star, 13 Nov 2009 - Statistics released this week by the Whitehorse RCMP show that police officers in the capital are busier this year than they were in 2008. The quarterly report is regularly sent to city council and the Kwanlin Dun First Nation chief and council, and has been released (in part) to the media for the first time this year.

Washington Post, 13 Nov 2009 - Group Also Wants Overhaul Of Mexican Border Agencies A binational task force on U.S.-Mexico border issues will call Friday on the Obama administration and Congress to reinstate an expired ban on assault weapons and for Mexico to overhaul its frontier police and customs agencies to mirror the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

Charlotte Observer, 13 Nov 2009 - Federal Agents And Local Police Drop In On Suspected Addicts And Encourage Them To Get Help. Armed with the client lists of known heroin traffickers Thursday, federal agents and local police held a citywide drug intervention.

Calgary Herald, 13 Nov 2009 - 'Good Neighbour' Pact Paves Way For New Facility A northeast community that once banished a controversial methadone clinic from the neighbourhood has now paved the way for an addiction centre in the same location.

The Desert Sun, 13 Nov 2009 - More than 100 members of South Coast Patients Collective Association now have to find another source for their medical marijuana. That's how many people were served by the Cathedral City dispensary, its attorney Anthony Curiale said.

The Ithacan, 12 Nov 2009 - Students who are intoxicated and need medical aid will be able to receive help without getting in trouble with the law if the Good Samaritan policy is passed. Students for a Sensible Drug Policy, a group which allows students to share their opinions and ideas regarding drugs in the United States, will meet with Public Safety, Judicial Affairs, Health Services and the Student Government Association at 11 a.m. today in Campus Center to present their draft of the Good Samaritan policy.

Boulder Weekly, 12 Nov 2009 - Editor's Note: Last week, we reported that a state legislator suggested CSU grow pot for the entire state. Read that story by clicking here. A busy week of legal developments has further muddied the already-murky waters of the law governing medical marijuana dispensaries.

Nelson Daily News, 12 Nov 2009 - TV and maybe movie: Tragic tale airs on The fifth Estate Friday; Rolling Stone writer negotiating screenplay rights Slated to play for a national television audience tomorrow night, the dramatic tale of Nelson's Sam Brown may be bound for an even bigger screen.

Red Bluff Daily News, 12 Nov 2009 - A crowd of more than 150 medical marijuana patients gathered Tuesday night to voice their opinions after Red Bluff implemented a temporary ban on medical marijuana. Patients have a message for the City Council and staff: They are here. They are not going away. They need to be respected like everyone else in the community.

North County Times, 12 Nov 2009 - Medical marijuana dispensaries that have located in Vista have done so despite an existing policy that prohibits them, city officials said. Assistant City Attorney Pete Grover on Thursday told members of the city's Crime and Substance Abuse Prevention Commission that the city adopted a redevelopment code in 2007 outlawing marijuana collectives.

The Gilroy Dispatch, 12 Nov 2009 - A medical marijuana dispensary that opened without permission in north Gilroy will continue to sell cannabis until at least Tuesday despite a "cease and desist" order from the city, a dispensary representative said. The situation has city officials heated, residents curious, and at least one councilman expecting an expensive lawsuit. Gilroy's City Council will meet in closed session Monday evening to discuss the matter and to give direction to city staff on what their next steps should be.

Summit Daily News, 12 Nov 2009 - SUMMIT COUNTY - An 18-year-old man may not be mixing alcohol and marijuana with motor vehicles again after he was recently arrested on Swan Mountain Road. A deputy with the Summit County Sheriff's Office was traveling westbound when the man's Jeep was observed running off the road in the opposite direction, "kicking up a cloud of dust/debris," according to the SCSO report.

Times & Transcript, 12 Nov 2009 - Justice Minister To Introduce Forfeiture Legislation Justice Minister Mike Murphy plans to introduce new legislation to help battle criminal activity in New Brunswick's neighbourhoods. Murphy says the Civil Forfeiture Act will target property used by people to commit crimes. The province will launch lawsuits against those individuals in an effort to have the court order them to forfeit property used to commit an offence.

Detroit Free Press, 12 Nov 2009 - The Growing Pot Economy Opportunities Ripen for New Businesses The tailspin may be over, but no one's suggesting that bedrock industries of the Michigan economy like cars and real estate are headed for boom times again.

Wall Street Journal, 12 Nov 2009 - WASHINGTON -- Congress has ordered the panel that advises judges on prison terms to conduct a review of mandatory-minimum sentences, a move that could lead to a dramatic rethinking of how the U.S. incarcerates its criminals. The review is a little-noticed element of the National Defense Authorization Act signed into law last month by President Barack Obama. The defense-spending bill calls on the commission to perform several tasks, including an examination of the impact of mandatory-minimum sentencing laws and alternatives to the practice.